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Ashton Yoder (United States)

Technical publication

Cleaning Reduces Mycotoxin Contamination in Corn

Mycotoxins are naturally-produced hazards that result from molds that can grow on cereal grains and other commodities, such as peanuts, cottonseed, and soybeans. The primary species causing mycotoxins are aspergillus (aflatoxin and ochratoxin)...

Carlos Avilán (Community Manager)

Publication of news release

USask researchers develop fast, accurate test to identify toxins in cereal crops

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) Crop Development Centre (CDC) have developed a fast and accurate method for identifying and quantifying toxins in fusarium-infected cereal grain, an innovation that could reduce toxins that...

Danielle Fabião Gomes Moreira Leitão (Brazil)

Technical publication

Efficacy of a yeast additive to mitigate the effects of zearalenone-contaminated feed in gilts

Mycotoxins are a significant cause of economic losses in swine farming and adsorbents based on yeast cell walls provide an alternative solution to reducing this challenge.

Ram Singh Bibyan (India)

Technical publication

Efficacy of Choline in Ameliorating Aflatoxicosis in Broiler Chicken

Contamination of poultry feeds with aflatoxin is one of the major problems associated with the feeding of poultry. Aflatoxin occurs over a wide variety of substrates of practical importance to poultry feeding (maize, rice, wheat, groundnut cake...

Ram Singh Bibyan (India)

Technical publication

Occurrence of aflatoxins in maize feed in Bihar

The average content of aflatoxin B1 and B2 positive maize samples and the overall average contents of aflatoxin B1 and B2 were relatively higher in the months of July, August, September and October as compared to...

Life Rainbow

Technical publication

Annual survey of mycotoxin in feed in 2019-Taiwan

In 2019, 464 randomly collected feed samples of raw materials and feed mills in farms were analyzed. Samples were tested for aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, and G2)...

Ram Singh Bibyan (India)

Technical publication

Efficacy of Ascorbic Acid and Butylated Hydroxylanisole in Amelioration of Aflatoxicosis in Broiler Chickens

When contamination cannot be prevented, detoxification of aflatoxins is required while using contaminated feed. Several types of aflatoxin adsorbing agents effectively bind the aflatoxin in the gut of the animal and...

Ram Singh Bibyan (India)

Technical publication

Preventing Biosynthesis of Aflatoxins in Poultry Feed

Presence of mycotoxins in feed is one of the major constraints in maintaining feed quality because the mycotoxins are widely present in feedstuffs around the world and may affect production even in very low concentration. These are low molecular...

Todd Applegate (United States)

Video publishing

The impact of mycotoxins (deoxynivalenol, fumonisin, and their combination) on performance in broiler chickens

Todd Applegate (University of Georgia) discussed the effect of mycotoxins on digestibility and the use of binders, among other subjects, during IPPE 2019 in Atlanta...

Jae-Hyuk Yu (United States)

Technical publication

Occurrence, Toxicity, and Analysis of Major Mycotoxins in Food

Mycotoxins can accumulate in maturing corn, cereals, soybeans, sorghum, peanuts, and other food and feed crops in the field and in grain during transportation. Consumption of mycotoxin-contaminated food or feed can cause acute or chronic toxicity...

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